The domestic return of the New World screwworm, a parasite that can devastate cattle herds, happened while the Trump administration was focused on dismantling government.
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Posted inPolitics
Two Simple Steps Toward De-MAGAfication
A big reason why Trump II is so much worse than the first time is that the world’s richest man bought Twitter and turned it into a fascist cesspit.
Posted inBooks
Who Died When Elon Musk Killed USAID?
Nicholas Enrich’s new memoir details the human toll of the agency’s dismantling.
Posted inPolitics
Russell Vought’s Proposed Overhaul of Performance Reviews
The OMB director is trying to make it easier to fire federal workers while exempting political appointees.
Posted inWorking in America
Federal Job Cuts Hit Black Women Hard—a Year Later, Unemployment Is Up
Losses in government positions are undermining a critical engine of economic mobility for the Black middle class.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
How Trump Put Veteran Care in Crisis
Thousands of staff have left the health care side of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and those who remain are approaching burnout.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
DOGE Lives On Through Russell Vought
Trump’s White House OMB director has quietly institutionalized the government demolition agenda set in motion by Elon Musk’s wrecking crew.
Posted inPolitics
The ‘Look What You Made Me Do’ Phase of the Shutdown
These haphazard funding cuts and firings will only continue, because they are manifestly not tied to a shutdown
Posted inEconomic Policy
GOP Wrings Hands About Fraud After Crushing CFPB
A House Committee on Financial Services hearing Thursday morning was an exercise in gaslighting.
Posted inPolitics
Trump Doesn’t Need DOGE to Kneecap Independent Agencies
While DOGE has fallen by the wayside, many independent agencies that protect the public against corporate and government malfeasance remain hobbled by a lack of quorum.
